Editing County Kildare (section)

===Writers, musicians, and entertainers===
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* [[Devon Murray]]: actor
* [[Damien Molony]]: actor<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |title=Damien Molony From Kildare To Top Of British TV |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=17 August 2019 |first=Shilpa |last=Ganatra |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925211807/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/damien-molony-from-kildare-to-the-top-of-british-tv-1.3985174 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aisling Bea]]: actress, comedian<ref>{{cite news |title=10 awesome Kildare women making waves in the world |url=https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |access-date=4 May 2019 |first=Laura |last=Coates |newspaper=Leinster Leader |date=8 March 2017 |archive-date=10 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410144431/https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/home/238872/10-awesome-kildare-women-making-waves-in-the-world.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Aidan Higgins]]: writer
* [[Teresa Brayton]]: writer
* [[Molly Keane]]: novelist
* [[Emily Lawless]]: writer
* [[Mary Leadbeater]]: writer
* [[John MacKenna]]: playwright, author, actor
* [[Paul Mescal]]: actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |title=Readers' expectations are the 'biggest source of anxiety' – Paul Mescal on tackling role of Connell in Normal People |work=[[Irish Independent]] |first=Maggie |last=Armstrong |url-access=registration |date=11 January 2020 |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531152244/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/readers-expectations-are-the-biggest-source-of-anxiety-paul-mescal-on-tackling-role-of-connell-in-normal-people-38844346.html |archive-date=31 May 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Bell X1 (band)|Bell X1]] are from [[Celbridge]], County Kildare.
* [[Luka Bloom]] is from [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]<ref name="allmusic-deming">{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Luka Bloom |publisher=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |access-date=25 February 2015 |archive-date=9 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009020647/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/luka-bloom-mn0000263293/biography |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Joe Doyle (musician)|Joseph Doyle]], bassist from Irish band [[The Frames]] is from [[Allenwood, County Kildare|Allenwood]]
* [[Graham Hopkins]], drummer with [[The Frames]], [[The Swell Season]], and [[Therapy?]] is from [[Clane]]
* [[Damien Leith]], [[Australian Idol 2006]] winner and singer-songwriter lived in [[Milltown, County Kildare|Milltown]] until he moved to Australia.
* [[Jack Lukeman]], otherwise known as Jack L, is from [[Athy]]
* [[Dónal Lunny]] was raised in Newbridge.<ref name="O'Toole">{{cite book |last=O'Toole |first=Leagues |year=2006 |title=The Humours of Planxty |location=Ireland |publisher=Hodder Headline |isbn=0-340-83796-9}}</ref>{{rp|4}}
* [[Miracle Bell]], Indie-pop band, hail from [[Naas]].
* [[Christy Moore]], folk musician, was born in Newbridge.
* [[Liam O'Flynn]] from the band Planxty is from [[Kill, County Kildare|Kill]]<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |page=1854}}</ref>
* [[Jean Sophia Pigott]], Christian poet and hymn lyricist from [[Leixlip]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Sophia Pigott {{!}} Hymnary.org |url=https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |access-date=11 May 2023 |website=hymnary.org |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511153234/https://hymnary.org/person/Pigott_JS |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Damien Rice]] was born in [[Celbridge]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=DamienRice.com |url=http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |title=FAQ – Where was Damien born and where did he grow up? |date=n.d. |access-date=24 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502083031/http://www.damienrice.com/faq.html |archive-date=2 May 2007}}</ref>
* [[Heidi Talbot]] is from [[Kill, County Kildare|Kill]]